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文章大意：本文为一篇说明文，介绍了一些旨在为有需要的人提供剩余食物的应用程序。

1 . Here’s the deal: you’re as hungry as a horse and you want a delicious meal from a fine restaurant, but you’re a little low on funds.

So what do you do? If you happen to live in Europe, the answer is as easy as pie: you pull out your smart phone or tablet, and tap Too Good To Go, Europe’s most popular app. Approximately 23,000 restaurants and food sellers post their leftover offerings on the app for half their usual cost.

Why all this incredible generosity? Unbelievably, one-third of the world’s food is thrown away, and nearly one billion people don’t have enough to eat. Besides, burning wasted food releases harmful carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. That’s why environment-minded companies around the world are creating apps for phones, tablets, and other smart devices that connect uneaten food with people who want or need it.

After a long day at work, Anne, a 34-year-old student, pulls out her smart phone and chooses a noodle dish —pasta with mushrooms. Then she heads to a restaurant on the banks of the Spree River, where the owner packs her dinner and also offers her a spoon of free icecream, which is a reward for bringing her own container.

Indeed, there are many programmes serving the same mission around the world. In America, people are using an app called Food for All. One hour before a restaurant closes, its staff can post leftover meals to the app for up to 80 percent off menu prices. The app also allows customers to donate leftover meals to others.

In the Netherlands, 77,000 people have downloaded an app called No Food Wasted. This programme allows grocery store workers to share products that are approaching their expiration dates with customers who might need them.

Some countries are taking their commitment to reducing food waste a step further. France and the Czech Republic, for example, have laws that prohibit restaurants and grocery stores from throwing away food. Instead, workers are required to donate that food to charity.

So think about if there might be a better use for your uneaten vegetables. The planet will thank you.

1. Why are such apps as Too Good To Go created?

A．They are created to show the generosity of some eco-minded companies.

B．They are created to offer delicious meals to those who live on a tight budget.

C．They are created to call for people to not waste food and to reduce harmful emissions from burning wasted food.

D．They are created as a publicity tool for restaurants and companies.

2. Which is not a way mentioned in the passage to save food or protect the environment?

A．Make laws and regulations to ban the waste of food.

B．Share products approaching their expiration dates with those who might need them.

C．Post leftover meals to the app for up to 80 percent discounts.

D．Offer consumers a free meal as the reward for bringing their own container.

3. What is this passage mainly about?

A．Companies are designing environment-friendly apps for poor people.

B．Restaurants enable their staff to sell leftover meals at a low price on apps.

C．Apps are designed to provide leftover food for people in need to choose from.

D．Apps are designed to appeal to the public to treasure food and donate food to people in need.

4. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A．more methods are needed to help solve the problem of leftover food

B．more applications should be created to help restaurants sell food

C．leftover food will pose a great danger to the environment

D．the applications already designed cannot ensure a good use of leftover food

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其他著名人物

文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了夏伯渝的故事，他经历了种种挑战和逆境，最终克服了重重困难，成功登上珠穆朗玛峰。文章强调了夏波禹的毅力和坚持不懈的精神。

2 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Climbing the world’s 1 (high) mountain could not have been further from Xia Bo yu’s mind as a 25-year-old in 1974, when he played for the provincial soccer team in Qinghai. But when the Chinese Mountaineering Association announced it 2 (look) for climbers to join an upcoming journey, Xia put in an application so that he 3 at least get a free health check-up.

After just a few months of training. Xia and his fellow climbers started climbing the 8,848-metre mountain in January 1975. However, after lending a teammate his sleeping bag Xia suffered such severe frostbite (冻伤) 4 her later lost both of his feet.

Three years later, a foreign expert 5 (invite) to assess Xia’s condition concluded that with artificial legs, Xia would be able to walk again and even climb mountains. It made him determined to challenge himself to climb Mount Qomolangma again.

Xia set himself a demanding schedule, 6 (wake) at 5 a.m. to train for five or six hours. Unfortunately. Xia suffered another major setback in 1996, when he 7 (diagnose) with lymphoma (淋巴瘤). He had to undergo another round of amputation (载肢), losing part of his legs.

It was not until 2014 that he was able to organize a team to make another attempt at scaling the world’s highest mountain. Sadly, his team arrived at Qomolangma Base Camp, only to be informed that all journeys had been stopped, following an avalanche (雪崩) 8 had killed 16 people.

The Nepalese government announced a ban on double-amputee climbers on Qomolongma in December 2017, but it didn’t last long after a protest from a disabled support group. That allowed Xia, at the age of 69, 9 (climb) to the top on May 14, 2018. The feeling, however, was not 10 he had imagined it would be. “I had thought when I finally reached the summit, I would about it to the world. I would do all these poses for photos. But when the moment arrived. I just felt clam.” Xia said.

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饮食习俗中国文化与节日

文章大意：本文为一篇说明文，介绍了中国新年前在腊八节喝腊八粥的习俗。

3 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

There’s a type of porridge in China that’s filled with tradition and celebrated for its delicious taste. Unfortunately, to my mind, it also has a funny name.

Every year during the Laba Festival, which 1 (happen) on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, Laba porridge is the food traditionally served. However, the first time I heard its name was in a nursery rhyme my daughter’s nanny 2 (sing) to her, 3 goes: “after Laba is the Lunar New Year.” But thanks to my bad Chinese and her heavy accent, I instead heard Laba in different tones that changed the meaning to “poop”. For a good two days I thought it was a nursery. rhyme to help toddlers with potty training. I was very wrong.

The Laba Festival arrives before Lunar New Year. Traditionally 4 (observe) by Buddhists to honor the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, the festival is now more of a time for reflection, gratitude and preparing for the upcoming Lunar New Year festivities.

Laba porridge is delicious and beautiful. Its heartiness lies in its array of ingredients. 5 every family has their own variation, it typically includes a mix of beans, rice, nuts and 6 (dry) fruits. The key ingredients, however, are glutinous rice(糯米), beans and carious grains, cooked 7 thickened. Each ingredient has symbolic significance around the ideas of prosperity and health. For example, red beans symbolize good luck and happiness while glutinous rice signifies family unity.

Traditionally, before the Lunar New Year, families gather to prepare Laba porridge together, 8 (roster) a sense of unity and shared traditions, much like how families in the US do with their Thanksgiving meals. It’s about the time you spend together 9 the food you eat.

Laba porridge is one of those dishes that hold a special place in Chinese culinary heritage, 10 (combine) history, symbolism and a sense of community. In each streaming bowl of Laba porridge are well-wishes that one family member bestows upon another.

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健康饮食科普知识新闻报道

文章大意：这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲了挪威科学家为喝咖啡的人带来了更多好消息。研究人员已经发现证据表明，这种饮料或咖啡豆有助于减肥，降低患某些疾病的风险，促进肌肉生长，预防某些类型的癌症，甚至可以降低猝死的风险。

4 . Scientists in Norway have more good news for coffee drinkers. Researchers have already found evidence that the drink—or the beans can help with weight loss, ________ one’s risk of developing some diseases, ________ muscle growth, protect against certain types of cancers and can even reduce one’s risk of premature death. Now comes word that a cup of coffee reduces physical pain.

The surprising finding is based on a study ________ 48 volunteers who agreed to spend 90 minutes performing fake computer tasks meant to mimic (模拟) office work. The tasks were known to ________ pain in the shoulders, neck, forearms and wrists, and the researchers wanted to ________ how people with pain and those who were pain-free tolerated the pain of such tasks. As a matter of convenience, the scientists allowed people to drink coffee before taking the test “to avoid unpleasant effects of caffeine deprivation (缺乏), e.g. decreased energy and alertness, sleepiness, and ________,” they reported.

But when it came time to analyze the data, the researchers from Norway’s National Institute of Occupational Health and Oslo University Hospital noticed that the 19 people who drank coffee reported a lower ________ of pain than the 29 people who didn’t. In the shoulders and neck, ________, the average pain intensity was rated 41 (on a 100-point scale) among the coffee drinkers and 55 for non-coffee drinkers. Similar gaps were found for all pain sites measured, and coffee’s apparent pain-reduction effect ________.

However, the authors of the study, which was published this week in the journal BMC Research Notes, cautioned (提醒) that since the study wasn’t designed to test coffee’s influence on pain, the results came with many ________. For starters, the researchers don’t know how much coffee the coffee drinkers consumed before taking the computer tests. ________, they doubt whether the coffee drinkers and non-coffee drinkers were ________ in all respects except for their coffee consumption. Problems like these tend to ________ the importance of the findings. But those doubts are ________ to trouble the coffee drinkers looking for any reason not to cut back on their daily caffeine habit.

1.

A．rise

B．reduce

C．release

D．suffer

2.

A．shape

B．establish

C．boost

D．preserve

3.

A．involving

B．researching

C．interviewing

D．participating

4.

A．cause

B．endure

C．ease

D．cure

5.

A．warn

B．compare

C．relieve

D．treat

6.

A．exhaustion

B．excitement

C．delight

D．hesitation

7.

A．tendency

B．intention

C．intensity

D．commitment

8.

A．on the contrary

B．as a result

C．for instance

D．in one word

9.

A．turned up

B．broke out

C．pointed out

D．broke up

10.

A．satisfactions

B．uncertainties

C．consequences

D．qualifications

11.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

12.

A．energetic

B．similar

C．impressive

D．initial

13.

A．realize

B．prove

C．summarise

D．weaken

14.

A．unlikely

B．sensible

C．influential

D．definite

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adapt available essential significant 健康饮食科普知识

文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了减少盐摄入的重要性及其对降低血压的显著作用，并探讨了实现减盐目标的策略和挑战。文章通过科学研究结果和历史案例，论证了即使少量减少盐摄入也能带来与药物治疗相当的降血压效果。同时，文章也指出了改变饮食习惯的困难，并提出了替代方案，如使用低钠盐或含钾盐等，鼓励人们采取切实可行的措施来控制盐摄入，维护健康。

5 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. essential B. processed C. challenges D adapt E. switching
F. available G. large-scale H. strategies I. opting J. significant K. fresh

Cutting Salt May Lower Blood Pressure as Much as Medication

Reducing daily salt intake by just one teaspoon, equivalent to approximately 2,200 milligrams of sodium(钠), can lead to a blood pressure drop comparable to that achieved with prescription antihypertension (抗高血压) medication, reveals a recent study. Conducted on 213 individuals aged 50 to 75, the research included participants both on and off blood pressure medication. Regardless of their initial measurements, all groups experienced a(n) 1 reduction in blood pressure after a week on a low-sodium diet.

The study 2 the common notion that only those not taking medication benefit from salt reduction. Notably, the blood pressure decrease observed was similar to the effect seen when individuals start hypertension medication. The investigation aims to shed light on how excess salt raises blood pressure, aside from the conventional theory of increased water retention causing hypertension.

While sodium is 3 for bodily functions, humans, evolutionarily did not 4 to a high-sodium diet. The average daily sodium intake in the U.S. is around 3,400 milligrams, mainly sourced from 5 and restaurant foods, exceeding the recommended 2,300 milligrams by the FDA. Encouraging people to reduce salt intake proves challenging and experts suggest 6 to lower-sodium options instead of mere reduction. One proposal is transitioning from regular sodium chloride to a blend of 75% sodium chloride and 25% potassium chloride, a form of salt 7 in health food stores.

Changing dietary habits presents a puzzle, but historical precedents, like the introduction of iodized (含碘的) salt in1924 to combat pediatric goiters (儿科甲状腺肿), show that 8 shifts are possible.

Although potassium-supplemented (含钾的) salt may not be mainstream yet, it could become a future staple (基本食物) for those aiming to lower sodium intake. For now, cooking at home and 9 for lower-sodium remain practical 10 for individuals mindful of their salt consumption.

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发明与创造新闻报道

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文章大意：这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲的是最近在英国举行的一个鼓励年轻人让他们的想法得以实现的名为“英国未来设计师”的比赛。

6 . Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that change society or, at least, make life easier for somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes but we don’t often make the idea come true. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition encouraged young people to carry out their bright ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for school children over 16. And there were eleven prize-winners altogether.

Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was called “Sunshine Superman”. It’s important when people study the weather to be able to record sunshine. We need to know how many hours of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine records only record direct sunlight. Neil’s is accurate and this is very important for research into way of using its power.

You can do so much with animated cartoon. Look at Simon West’s idea for animated road signs. He uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn’t a new idea. But it is new to use these pictures on road signs. “We found that people were likely to see moving signs,” said Simon. So now, you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses running or car falling over the edge of a cliff. Quite a warning!

The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised that British industry doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of “pupil power”!

1. The writer holds that people seldom _________.

A．have bright ideas	B．make their bright ideas come true
C．make their life easier	D．think of inventing something

2. What’s the use of Simon West’s animated road signs? _________

A．To warn people to be careful while working.

B．To warn people on the roads of the danger ahead.

C．To add to the beauty of a city.

D．To help make a car trip more exciting.

3. The writer seems to be encouraging the British industry to _________.

A．take better care of school children

B．help school children in their studies

C．stop asking school children for suggestions

D．pay more attention to school children’s inventive power

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社会问题与社会现象说明文当代教育问题

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文章大意：这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了家庭教育在美国正变得越来越流行。家庭教育的教学方法和原因因家庭而异。但也存在3个问题。首先，很难监督父母。第二，质量无法保证。第三，它会对儿童的情感发展产生负面影响。

7 . The term home schooling means educating children at home or in places other than a normal setting such as a public or private school. These days, homeschooling in America is ________.

Teaching methods at homeschooling ________. Some parents follow a strict timetable and ________ a traditional school environment. Other parents follow an extreme form of homeschooling in which they do not give grades or tests and allow their children to study wherever they want. More parents, however, follow the middle ________ to provide a balance between freedom and discipline.

Why do parents choose homeschooling? Some believe that children in public schools experience too much “peer pressure”, or social pressure from friends. They say it may have a ________ effect on the child’s studies. Other parents are dissatisfied with the quality of education in the public school. About half the parents who teach at home are ________ motivated and use lessons by mail or Internet from church schools. Whatever the ________ may be, it is evident that more and more children are being taken out of normal schools every year. ________, many questions have emerged, encouraging the debate over home schooling against public schooling.

What then is the future of education? Although children often learn well at home, weak regulations in most states mean that officials rarely challenge or ________ parents who say they are home-schooling. As the ________ continues, so do the questions about what home schoolers are studying at home. How can parents ensure that their children are prepared academically for college? How are home schoolers ________ to make sure they are getting the same educational standards that school students must have? Recent studies in the United States have shown that homeschooled children tend to be slightly better in subjects like English and art, but they are obviously less ________ math and science. Finally, there are questions regarding the children’s emotional development. Are they too ________ their fellow students? Are they ________ the opportunity to get the social benefits of being in a large classroom of students? As with any debatable issue, the answers to these questions are never ________.

1.

A．disappearing

B．reducing

C．contributing

D．rising

2.

A．vary

B．last

C．exist

D．work

3.

A．imitate

B．alter

C．promote

D．neglect

4.

A．instructions

B．path

C．technique

D．standard

5.

A．positive

B．practical

C．negative

D．remarkable

6.

A．economically

B．religiously

C．psychologically

D．physically

7.

A．effects

B．suggestions

C．reasons

D．pressures

8.

A．As a result

B．On the whole

C．By the way

D．In addition

9.

A．encourage

B．interrupt

C．contact

D．monitor

10.

A．appreciation

B．opposition

C．expectation

D．debate

11.

A．assessed

B．chosen

C．compared

D．classified

12.

A．satisfied with

B．involved in

C．skilled at

D．ashamed of

13.

A．worried about

B．isolated from

C．connected with

D．ignorant of

14.

A．creating

B．grasping

C．awaiting

D．losing

15.

A．acceptable

B．informative

C．one-sided

D．practical

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广告/布告旅游观光应用文

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文章大意：这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了几个夜晚进行的活动。

8 .


Turn a great night into a truly memorable one with our hospitality packages. From dining in Edinburgh Castle to sampling the finest Scotch Whisky, we have a range of options available. Each package below includes a ticket to The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2024 Show, Journeys, at Edinburgh Castle.		2024 HOSPITALITY PACKAGES Make you Journey s experience extra special with Tattoo Hospitality. BOOK NOW

THE ROYAL GALLERY DINING EXPERIENCE Only available in August, enjoy a delicious dining experience in The Royal Gallery overlooking the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade. LOCATION Edinburgh Castle Esplanade PRICES FROM £600.00	THE GATEHOUSE PACKAGE Enjoy authentic Scottish dining presented especially for you. This exclusive dining experience is located in Edinburgh Castle’s historic Gatehouse. LOCATION Edinburgh Castle PRICES FROM £700.00	THE WITCHERY DINING EXPERIENCE New for 2024, this package offers an intimate dining experience in Edinburgh’s renowned fine-dining restaurant The Witchery. LOCATION The Witchery by the Castle PRICE £970.00

THE CASTLE PACKAGE A location like no other. Experience a pre-Show dining experience within Edinburgh’s famous fortress and enjoy a glimpse behind the scenes before the Show begins. LOCATION Edinburgh Castle PRICES FROM £323.00	THE ROYAL GALLERY RECEPTION Enjoy our Show from the best seats in the house then join fellow guests, performers and dignitaries at a post-Show drinks and canapés reception held in The Royal Gallery. LOCATION Edinburgh Castle Esplanade PRICES FROM £415.00	FLAVOURS OF SCOTLAND Designed for those that love whisky and those that want to find out more, Flavors of Scotland will immerse you in the world of Scotch Whisky. LOCATION The Scotch Whisky Experience, Royal Mile PRICES FROM £212.50

（* The price listed is for one single person.）
1. All of the hospitality packages provided above ______.

A．contain a ticket to the 2024 Military Tattoo show

B．are available through the whole year of 2024

C．offer delicate handmade Scottish souvenirs

D．include a well-planned tour around Edinburgh Castle

2. Lindon and Sandra have to pay ______ in total if they intend to enjoy some snacks with the performers after the show.

A．£1200

B．£1940

C．£646

D．£830

3. ______ might be the best option for Ben and Joe to have a taste of the finest Scotch Whisky with various flavors.

A．The Witchery Dining Experience	B．The Royal Gallery dining experience
C．Flavours of Scotland	D．The Royal Gallery Reception

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科普知识社会问题与社会现象

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文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界各地纹身文化的由来以及各地的不同特点。

9 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Just as people have altered their skin’s color to indicate wealth and beauty, so have cultures around the globe marked their skin to show cultural identity or community status. Tattooing (纹身), for example, has been carried out for thousands of years. Leaders in places 1 (include) ancient Egypt, Britain, and Peru wore tattoos to mark their status or bravery. Today, among the Maori people of New Zealand, full-facial tattoos are still used 2 (identify) the wearer as a member of a certain family.

In Japan, tattooing had been practiced for a long time 3 it was outlawed in the 19^th century. Despite the fact that there are no laws against it today, tattoos are still strongly associated with criminals — particularly the yakuza known for their full-body tattoos. The complex design of a yakuza member’s tattoo includes symbols of character qualities 4 the wearer wants to have. The process of getting a full-body tattoo is both slow and painful and 5 can take two years or more to complete.

In some cultures, scarring — a marking which 6 (cause) by cutting or burning the skin — is a practice, usually among people who have darker skin on which a tattoo would be difficult to see. For many men in West Africa, scarring is a ceremony of passage — 7 act symbolizing that a male has matured from a child into an adult. In Australia, among some native people, cuts 8 (make) on the skin of both men and women show that they reach the age of 16 or 17. 9 these, they were traditionally not permitted to trade, sing ceremonial songs, or participate in other activities.

Not all skin markings are permanent, though. In countries such as Morocco and India, women 10 decorate their skin with colorful henna designs for celebrations such as weddings and important religious holidays. The henna coloring, which comes from a plant, fades over time.

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音乐与舞蹈艺术家

文章大意：这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了音乐家André Rieu的个人经历以及成就。

10 . Mary Poppins held on to her famous black umbrella while floating overhead and singing “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” The audience watched in amazement, and many sang along! Poppins floated for a bit and eventually landed in the midst of the excited crowd before getting on stage. No, this wasn’t a scene from a Disney movie. 1 His background helps explain his passion for music. The world-renowned violinist and conductor was born into a musical family in October 1949 in Maastricht, Netherlands. He began learning to play the violin at age five and immediately fell in love with the instrument!

2 He started by creating a small ensemble (乐团). Then in 1978, Rieu established the Maastricht Salon Orchestra, from which he later developed the Johann Strauss Orchestra.

They had limited success until 1995 when Rieu was asked to provide entertainment for a soccer game. He got the entire stadium to sing along to a popular waltz. 3

Today Rieu is the best-selling classical artist worldwide. He has sold in the ballpark of an astonishing 40 million records. He is the biggest male solo touring artist on the planet. His concerts sell more tickets than Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen!

Many classical concerts are serious events, but Rieu’s are the opposite. He’s been nicknamed “The King of the Waltz” because he loves waltzes. 4 Rieu says, “I love Johann Strauss, but I am also fascinated by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bruce Springsteen.”

His shows are attended by people of all ages and always include surprises, like the delightful appearance by Mary Poppins. As Rieu says, “I only play music that touched my heart. And I know when it touches my heart, it will touch your heart.” During his performances, many audience members are visibly moved. They often clap, sing, dance, laugh, weep or hug one another. Rieu promises his audience, “You will have an evening that you will never forget.”And he is true to his word.

A．Afterward, he sold over 200,000 CDs and his popularity rising.

B．Rather, it was part of one of André Rieu’s amazing concerts.

C．As a result, Rieu became a house-hold name and won great popularity.

D．Yet his shows consist of an extensive variety of musical genres and performances.

E．Then, Rieu continued his style until he got his nickname.

F．From early on, Rieu knew what he wanted - his own orchestra.

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